Eastern High School - Lantern Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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INDUSTRIAL deg DEPARTMENT Pupxls takxng the Industrlal Course are glven the fundamental prmcxples of the trade whxch they prefer and for whlch they show some speclal Interest and natxve abllrty The subjects taught are made more useful to the boy by therr appllcatlon to practlce There are elghty Eve speclal trades llsted un der five general heads any one of whlch may be chosen Alternat mg with the trade experlence are the lmportant techmcal subjects Industrral Engllsh Draftmg Mathematlcs Trade Technology and the Sciences In each case the baslc prmcxples are to encourage respect for work and develop hablts of accuracy and skill wlth a vlew of brmgmg the school the home and the shop mto closer relatlon so that greater appreclatlon for hlgher standards among the workmg classes may be cultlvated and enjoyed N-sl The Prmt Shop l Page Twenty seven 1

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OHice Pfacuce' Room COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Buslly ln many thousands of offices Cl1Ck the typewrlters They play a great part m Amerxcan 11fe And swlftly do the fingers that operate them move upon the keys One must be tramed to a hxgh pomt of efhclency to occupy cler lcal posxtlons That IS the thmg that our commerclal department seeks to do Practice and expert ence greatest necessltles are gamed through close contact wlth real sltuatlons that requlre solv mg Eastern has an ofhce practlce suxte of four rooms well equlpped wlth hlmg dlctatmg calculatmg and adding machmes Another room IS devoted excluslvely to mlmeographmg and dupllcatmg and yet another to receptlon and consultatlon use For those Inter ested ln salesmanshlp there IS an exhlbltlon room of manufacturers products 1n whlch the student gams practlce m demonstratxng and sellxng Complete tramlng for those who wlsh to make stenogra phy thelr llfe work lS offered and they leave well equlpped to fill 1m portant places In the great modern offices I Page Twenty szx 1 ' v v ... ,

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Art Room and Miss Weter ART DEPARTMENT Art today projects ltself deeply mto our m1nds The present c1v111zat1on has become color conscxous Grace and love llness are dxvme attrlbutes that every man seeks to hold ln hxs outward appearance h1s mmd and h1s soul Wxshmg to Fund these mtangxble thlngs students are takmg courses ln art at Eastern Our well equlpped department IS domg remarkably Fme work its prlmary objectxve bemg the appre cxatlon and creatlon of that neces slty Beauty Slx semesters of art are offered Art Appreclatlon a study of the masterpleces, and General Art a course 1n drawmg and desxgnmg make up the foundation year Then two semesters of Commer c1a1 Art, whlch deals m posters lettermg, and drawmg and two semesters of Applled Art, fashlon deslgns and craft work, may be taken We are glad to thlnk that a greater love for Beauty, which helps to make happlness, has been born ln the students and that they wnll be able to meet life better w1th thls love growmg wlthm them I Page Twenty-eightl